Hemispheric Workshop “Future of work and new employment dynamics in the Americas”

General objective:

• Increase knowledge and strengthen the capacities of Ministries of Labor and social actors to enhance the opportunities and mitigate the risks posed by technological advances and climate change responses to the world of work.

Specific objectives:

• Foster a regional debate on opportunities and challenges for the world of work brought upon by technological advances, particularly how they impact new forms of employment, and by the response to climate change.

• Identify, exchange, and analyze policies and measures adopted by the Ministries of Labor to address new forms of employment derived from technological advances, and develop recommendations to ensure that they have positive effects on working conditions, labor rights, and labor relations.

• Identify, exchange, and analyze initiatives of Ministries of Labor and social actors to address and mitigate the negative effects of climate change in the world of work, as well as enhance the contributions of the world of work towards achieving environmentally sustainable economies and societies.

• Develop policy recommendations to guide the response of Ministries of Labor regarding new forms of employment and climate change and ensure that this response guarantees decent work and supports a just transition, while also providing new possibilities for those left on the margins of conventional labor markets.